Conference is an event where large gathering of individuals or members of one or several organizations takes place for discussing matters of common interest.
People working in the same industry come together to discuss new trends and opportunities pertaining to the business.
Innovative ideas are shared and new information is exchanged among experts.
Most conferences have one or more keynote speakers who deliver the keynote speech. Usually speakers at conferences are eminent personalities in the related field and their presence is meant to attract more people to attend the conference.
Attending a conference helps personal development career development and also a good place to start networking with people in the same field.
Conference can be free or there could be some fee for attendance. Since there are so many conferences and events put on each year, you really need to think about which ones you should go to and what you get out of it.
Here are some of the conferences coming up in 2015 which you can follow. The educational aspect of these conference can expose you to new ways of conducting software testing and help you discover how to be more productive.
1. IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
Date(s): April 13-17, 2015
http://icst2015.ist.tu-graz.ac.at/
2. ICST – Int. Conf. on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation
ICST 2015
Graz, Austria, April 13-17, 2015
3. IQNITE – Conference for Software Quality and Testing
IQNITE Europe 2015
Düsseldorf, Germany, April 28-30, 2015
http://www.iqnite-conferences.com
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4. AST – Int. Workshop on Automation of Software Test
AST 2015
Firenze, Italy, May 16-24, 2015, co-located with ICSE 2015
http://tech.brookes.ac.uk/AST2015
5. SBST – Int. Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing
SBST 2015
Firenze, Italy, May 16-24, 2015, co-located with ICSE 2015
http://www.searchbasedsoftwaretesting.org
6. Belgium Testing Days
Belgium Testing Days 2015
Brussel, Belgium, May 18-21, 2015
7. Test Automation Day
Test Automation Day 2015
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 18, 2015
http://www.testautomationday.com
8. WWV – Int. Workshop on Automated Specifcation and Verification of Web Systems
WWV 2015
Oslo, Norway, June 23, 2015, co-located with FM 2015
Refer to this link to explore further on the conferences worldwide:
http://www.sqe.com/conferences/
Do checkout these conferences and share with us what are your expectations out of Software Testing conferences so that we can keep the list updated with the relevant ones.